Amazing that the right-wing institute here is pushing higher fuel efficiency standards in place of EV mandates after decades of the American right gutting fuel

Amazing that the right-wing institute here is pushing higher fuel efficiency standards in place of EV mandates after decades of the American right gutting fuel efficiency standards. "advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law" - I wish I could trust statements like this and not just read them as code for "right wing conservatives determined to stand athwart history yelling stop". It makes me absolutely crazy that US ICE fuel efficiency standards remained as low as they were for so long with the bonkers carveout for SUVs and light duty trucks. The Prius hybrid and similar cars have some of the lowest total cost of ownership of any vehicle; a little nudge from the feds would have had similar powertrains in every car for the last decade, which would have made a real dent in emissions. Of course now it's too late for that, and going full EV at the same time as reducing power grid emissions is the only path left. And at that, the article is likely right, it's going to be fantastically expensive and cause lots of other problems. The solution, unlike the article posits, is alternatives to large, heavy, individual powered vehicles.